Medievalists!! Far away from computers and technology!
(and lots of computer people *g*)
Serious - it works for me - most of the time
Of course I went broke trying to go through classes (ended up leaving 2nd year because it got too expensive) and have been scraping by ever since - but don't let that stop you from quitting *g*.
*heh*. I'm thinking seriously of looking into another area - but everything modern's so impossibly boring... *deep sigh*
(although I've suffered from serious bouts of depression since the end of 1st year univ so... *g* But still, join the SCA!!!!
International copyright law requires fair use provision. Just fwiw. May not be a US interpretation of copyright law, but it -is- an international one.
Basically you have the right to copy media for your own use - if you also have the originals. Also note fair use allows copies of extracts for research or scholarly (or even publishing) interests. Not sure how the last one affects software...
There are limits on this (eg only 1 full copy allowed), some international, and some imposed per-country. Also some countries (such as Canada) have provisions
to allow copying multiple copies of some media - by making royalty payments on all sales of said media. Not to say that
such laws are superior, only that they exist.
I believe the original NCSA httpd delivered some templates for producing HTML but not sure.
Looked on sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/www/converters for old code. (sunsite's been a linux host since '93 at least - or at least that's how long I've been using it:)
t2htmll.tgz - Aug 29 1997
webtex-0.96.tar.gz - May 29 1997
info2www-1.2a.tar.gz - Mar 2 1997
What this suggests to me is there's a lot of prior art. I'm using sunsite as an example as it's dating is fairly accurate btw.
Check perhaps postgresql95, MySQL, NCSA HTTPD-1.0 (perhaps), and maybe even original Netscape server and Netscape composer - circa '95 IIRC.
But I think the best connection is TeX/LaTeX WWW formatters which probably first came into existance in '92-93 when the physicists developed WWW. After all TeX is fairly common for documentation under unix...
I and most of my family and friends are on broadband in Canada,
be it Telus, Shaw@Home, or what have you - there's some private
DSL providers too. Things are a little rough all around, but there's been no troubles
with either signup or services - other than some downtime for me when they upgraded some systems.
I will not say that business in this country is glorious, but there's no difficulties
in obtaining broadband here. At least not Alberta/BC. Other than areas that don't
have broadband of course - but there aren't many anymore.
I will say however I've been on a waiting list for commercial DSL for 4 months now, sticking with a low 1 megabit residential *g*.
Be aware that the height of worms in the unix
systems was in the 80s... there's a lot higher
eye on this form of hole in most mail systems
under linux. Sure a weakness could creep into
a popular system like sendmail (and has before)
but personal observation suggests that any kind of
wide-reaching worm is less likely to affect the
somewhat heterogeneous linux market...
What linux (and similar systems) lack actually is
the "aggressively 'intelligent'" approach to email such as exchange uses - runnable scripts within email tend to be limited...
2mb/s official speed on my system in Prince George
(that's a little under 300 kilobytes/second)
I could up it to 5-7 mb/s if I were willing to pay more than the minimum $40/month...
AFAIK this is a fairly normal speed in British Columbia anyways. Coworker in Fort Nelson's apparently somewhere around that too but I can't confirm that
I will say I get -much- better connections to Canadian sites than I do to US sites... Sometimes to the extent that if a canadian mirror doesn't exist I go to asia or europe (I suspect this is due to where the bridges are). Oh, sorry about the really broken english and lack of sense but I'm rather incoherent right now from programming overload. Hope it makes sense *g*.
The last I read the licence (circa Office97) I read that
exactly this use of office is valid.
If you've got a licenced copy of office at work,
you may use it at home.
(it's licenses like these that help make a software package more widely used...)
I'm not a US citizen.. but this has always been important as so
few groups try and get into space
Every now and again I hear again the filk music made in Challenger's honour - having a filk tape collection containing
some of these songs helps...
All of them are out of print now... (firebird music).. That's culture for you.
I can't and won't describe my feelings about this - but space, science, magic, and glory are all of which makes
our lives full of magic. This was a true disaster.
Now there's not much that comes out of the US anymore except propoganda and arrogance. I'd like to see the dreams fly again.
remember the dream...
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some of the following comment is hearsay, so YMMV:)
Contraception recent? Well, there was this -really- neat herb that was about 90% effective...
unfortunately exinct since ~300AD in north africa / southern europe
Also the Romans had condoms
I don't know how other regions handled contraception though...
hrm... I think it could also be said that -not- having kids is something of a tradition too...
*g*
Our copyright organization, while bearing much resemblance to the US copyright system
has a few differences. Copying for backup purposes (IE: you own the original) is by and large legal. Don't quote me on that though.
Copying to tape is legal (copyright fee paid with purchase of tape). The laws I saw said nothing about mp3s or CD's though.
The real big difference is actually with broadcast rights.
DJ's can license a hard drive full of mp3's for $200 (per hard drive). Yes this was on./ at one point.
This is over and above DJ license.
On the flip side I really doubt that Canada would ever sign on to that 'universal' copyright thingy
the RIAA/MPAA/USA are trying to put out. It violates several sections of our constitution...
In the end I suspect the laws here will change in a different direction.
But unless some way gets proven to make money from the distribution of mp3's, I don't think Canada by and large will be interested. Canada -loves- taxes.
The FCC has no ruling power over the internet no matter what the courts in the USA decide. The internet is not made up of purely the united states.
On the flip side, this would mean that the majority of the net familar to people could be open to being closed down if the content of these areas comes into question.
Is this decision good? Well, at a thought - if the FCC were to regulate any service that offered internet communications technology, then
A: The FCC could decide what tools are available (like telnet) and what these services could cost... in the United States. This could change the face of networking in that country
B: Other countries could choose to take the same actions or to argue against.
Be aware that as soon as the data crosses national boundaries (such as into Canada where I live) a different set of laws and restrictions come into play. Canada does NOT have the concept of a common carrier or any protection for such.
But for everyone's sakes - do not take the arrogant view that any US decisions means ANYTHING to the internet. Or to its architects. It just affects one small country of thousands.
But also be aware that this decision could be a blow in favour of those idiots who want to legislate content restrictions or rules.
We shall see what happens.
G'day, eh?:)
- Winterlion
I want to write a program that makes programming as currently understood obsolete Don't ask *giggle* Basically, I'm trying to build a new way to talk to computers - cobbled up from old code ideas floating around for years. So that pretty much directs most of my research Dunno if it'll work. Dunno if I'll be finished within 5 years. Been working on it for 10 so far But I'm not in any hurry and don't think it's impossible
now - my first language wasn't english. but it's as much my native language as any. I've read and written a lot of different languages. But in the end it's the question of being understood. And English doesn't do it for me. Actually when I'm writing notes, these days I've been adding in written chinese, as it's easier to read for me:) (and it's the ummm 6th or 7th language I've been learning) I don't know. I keep dithering about writing a computer language completely in something like Chinese. (regardless of spoken forms which I don't understand, written chinese -is- a common writing language for lots of languages) I don't know. But to comment on previous - English has one of the largest bodies of poetry of any language. Whether any of it is good? Well that's another story. The art forms that appear in a language are shaped by how people think in that language. Ah well, signing off... (winterlion@geocities.com)
*sigh* I am bipolar for better or worse. And as usual unemployed and outside the system Lived through the bad councellers and poor doctor support in school - except for one bit It's been getting worse for years. Lucky people in big cities who can get treatment. And councilling. Not that I know. Usually I can live with what I have but the mistakes and nightmares add up over a lifetime... On marijuana - for better or worse it helped me when I was on the pills the doctors gave me... not to give it any points it's a frequently misused substance that did -not- give me the ability to live normally. With it I just managed to restore my sanity after the miscellaneous drugs took it away. grr. I still couldn't handle work or anything. The only thing worse than no medicine is bad medicine. The worst thing for me is due to completely incompetent doctors where I am, or at least when it comes to mental illness i have to handle my own mental states I'm not in the US, and I'm about 500+ kilometers from the nearest psychiatrist or psychologist. I'll move as soon as I can. Hope none of you have to go through this. Programming has saved my life though many times. mind you it's almost destroyed it as well. having other people to support me is the only way i survive the down times though
Hey, there's a beginning QT player/library at QT stuff. Has it's own codecs though (motion-JPEG and others). It might be a start for others. I've written a player that uses it, but my player is evil and doesn't work well. Dunno if this helps.
Also FWIW, a system to handle binary codecs would be a goodness. I'm working on one now. There's one in xanim but IMHO it's too xanim-specific.... Ciao!
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Since when is Linux only a desktop OS?
Medievalists!! Far away from computers and technology!
:)
(and lots of computer people *g*)
Serious - it works for me - most of the time
Of course I went broke trying to go through classes (ended up leaving 2nd year because it got too expensive) and have been scraping by ever since - but don't let that stop you from quitting *g*.
*heh*. I'm thinking seriously of looking into another area - but everything modern's so impossibly boring... *deep sigh*
(although I've suffered from serious bouts of depression since the end of 1st year univ so... *g* But still, join the SCA!!!!
oh wait. Ignore me and join the SCA. That's it
International copyright law requires fair use provision. Just fwiw. May not be a US interpretation of copyright law, but it -is- an international one.
Basically you have the right to copy media for your own use - if you also have the originals. Also note fair use allows copies of extracts for research or scholarly (or even publishing) interests. Not sure how the last one affects software...
There are limits on this (eg only 1 full copy allowed), some international, and some imposed per-country. Also some countries (such as Canada) have provisions
to allow copying multiple copies of some media - by making royalty payments on all sales of said media. Not to say that
such laws are superior, only that they exist.
Have a nice day!
I believe the original NCSA httpd delivered some templates for producing HTML but not sure. :)
Looked on sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/www/converters for old code. (sunsite's been a linux host since '93 at least - or at least that's how long I've been using it
t2htmll.tgz - Aug 29 1997
webtex-0.96.tar.gz - May 29 1997
info2www-1.2a.tar.gz - Mar 2 1997
What this suggests to me is there's a lot of prior art. I'm using sunsite as an example as it's dating is fairly accurate btw.
Check perhaps postgresql95, MySQL, NCSA HTTPD-1.0 (perhaps), and maybe even original Netscape server and Netscape composer - circa '95 IIRC.
But I think the best connection is TeX/LaTeX WWW formatters which probably first came into existance in '92-93 when the physicists developed WWW. After all TeX is fairly common for documentation under unix...
I and most of my family and friends are on broadband in Canada,
be it Telus, Shaw@Home, or what have you - there's some private
DSL providers too. Things are a little rough all around, but there's been no troubles
with either signup or services - other than some downtime for me when they upgraded some systems.
I will not say that business in this country is glorious, but there's no difficulties
in obtaining broadband here. At least not Alberta/BC. Other than areas that don't
have broadband of course - but there aren't many anymore.
I will say however I've been on a waiting list for commercial DSL for 4 months now, sticking with a low 1 megabit residential *g*.
Hope things stateside start improving!
Some forms of patent and other protective methods are used in the United States in a form that may be illegal in other countries.
How will the W3C approach this issue?
I realize there's an international code on dealing with patents but as far as I'm aware software patents have not yet been tested in this arena.
but I neither a lawyer nor a US citizen. And most issues around this so far has seemed to me to be US-centric.
systems was in the 80s... there's a lot higher
eye on this form of hole in most mail systems
under linux. Sure a weakness could creep into
a popular system like sendmail (and has before)
but personal observation suggests that any kind of
wide-reaching worm is less likely to affect the
somewhat heterogeneous linux market...
What linux (and similar systems) lack actually is
the "aggressively 'intelligent'" approach to email such as exchange uses - runnable scripts within email tend to be limited...
2mb/s official speed on my system in Prince George (that's a little under 300 kilobytes/second) I could up it to 5-7 mb/s if I were willing to pay more than the minimum $40/month...
AFAIK this is a fairly normal speed in British Columbia anyways. Coworker in Fort Nelson's apparently somewhere around that too but I can't confirm that
I will say I get -much- better connections to Canadian sites than I do to US sites... Sometimes to the extent that if a canadian mirror doesn't exist I go to asia or europe (I suspect this is due to where the bridges are). Oh, sorry about the really broken english and lack of sense but I'm rather incoherent right now from programming overload. Hope it makes sense *g*.
The last I read the licence (circa Office97) I read that exactly this use of office is valid.
If you've got a licenced copy of office at work, you may use it at home.
(it's licenses like these that help make a software package more widely used...)
I'm not a US citizen.. but this has always been important as so few groups try and get into space
Every now and again I hear again the filk music made in Challenger's honour - having a filk tape collection containing some of these songs helps...
All of them are out of print now... (firebird music).. That's culture for you.
I can't and won't describe my feelings about this - but space, science, magic, and glory are all of which makes our lives full of magic. This was a true disaster.
Now there's not much that comes out of the US anymore except propoganda and arrogance. I'd like to see the dreams fly again.
remember the dream...
some of the following comment is hearsay, so YMMV :)
Contraception recent? Well, there was this -really- neat herb that was about 90% effective... unfortunately exinct since ~300AD in north africa / southern europe
Also the Romans had condoms
I don't know how other regions handled contraception though...
hrm... I think it could also be said that -not- having kids is something of a tradition too... *g*
Our copyright organization, while bearing much resemblance to the US copyright system has a few differences. Copying for backup purposes (IE: you own the original) is by and large legal. Don't quote me on that though. Copying to tape is legal (copyright fee paid with purchase of tape). The laws I saw said nothing about mp3s or CD's though. ./ at one point.
This is over and above DJ license.
The real big difference is actually with broadcast rights. DJ's can license a hard drive full of mp3's for $200 (per hard drive). Yes this was on
On the flip side I really doubt that Canada would ever sign on to that 'universal' copyright thingy the RIAA/MPAA/USA are trying to put out. It violates several sections of our constitution...
In the end I suspect the laws here will change in a different direction.
But unless some way gets proven to make money from the distribution of mp3's, I don't think Canada by and large will be interested. Canada -loves- taxes.
On the flip side, this would mean that the majority of the net familar to people could be open to being closed down if the content of these areas comes into question.
Is this decision good? Well, at a thought - if the FCC were to regulate any service that offered internet communications technology, then
A: The FCC could decide what tools are available (like telnet) and what these services could cost... in the United States. This could change the face of networking in that country
B: Other countries could choose to take the same actions or to argue against.
Be aware that as soon as the data crosses national boundaries (such as into Canada where I live) a different set of laws and restrictions come into play. Canada does NOT have the concept of a common carrier or any protection for such.
But for everyone's sakes - do not take the arrogant view that any US decisions means ANYTHING to the internet. Or to its architects. It just affects one small country of thousands.
But also be aware that this decision could be a blow in favour of those idiots who want to legislate content restrictions or rules.
We shall see what happens. :)
G'day, eh?
- Winterlion
I want to write a program that makes programming
as currently understood obsolete
Don't ask *giggle*
Basically, I'm trying to build a new way
to talk to computers - cobbled up from old code
ideas floating around for years.
So that pretty much directs most of my research
Dunno if it'll work. Dunno if I'll be finished
within 5 years. Been working on it for 10 so far
But I'm not in any hurry and don't think it's impossible
now - my first language wasn't english. but it's as much my native language as any. I've read and written a lot of different languages. But in the end it's the question of being understood. And English doesn't do it for me. :)
Actually when I'm writing notes, these days I've been adding in written chinese, as it's easier to read for me
(and it's the ummm 6th or 7th language I've been learning)
I don't know. I keep dithering about writing a computer language completely in something like Chinese. (regardless of spoken forms which I don't understand, written chinese -is- a common writing language for lots of languages) I don't know. But to comment on previous - English has one of the largest bodies of poetry of any language. Whether any of it is good? Well that's another story. The art forms that appear in a language are shaped by how people think in that language. Ah well, signing off... (winterlion@geocities.com)
*sigh*
I am bipolar for better or worse. And as usual unemployed and outside the system
Lived through the bad councellers and poor doctor support in school - except for one bit
It's been getting worse for years. Lucky people in big cities who can get treatment. And councilling. Not that I know. Usually I can live with what I have but the mistakes and nightmares add up over a lifetime...
On marijuana - for better or worse it helped me when I was on the pills the doctors gave me... not to give it any points it's a frequently misused substance that did -not- give me the ability to live normally.
With it I just managed to restore my sanity after the miscellaneous drugs took it away. grr. I still couldn't handle work or anything.
The only thing worse than no medicine is bad medicine.
The worst thing for me is due to completely incompetent doctors where I am, or at least when it comes to mental illness i have to handle my own mental states
I'm not in the US, and I'm about 500+ kilometers from the nearest psychiatrist or psychologist. I'll move as soon as I can.
Hope none of you have to go through this.
Programming has saved my life though many times.
mind you it's almost destroyed it as well.
having other people to support me is the only way i survive the down times though
Hey, there's a beginning QT player/library at
QT stuff. Has it's own
codecs though (motion-JPEG and others). It might be a start
for others. I've written a player that uses it,
but my player is evil and doesn't work well.
Dunno if this helps.
Also FWIW, a system to handle binary codecs would
be a goodness. I'm working on one now. There's one in
xanim but IMHO it's too xanim-specific.... Ciao!